https://www.mpfpr.de/2023/05/10/nothing-about-us-without-us/
This symposium provided a platform for discussion about upholding the rights of persons with disabilities in Afghanistan.
The third Afghanistan Legal Research Network symposium of 2023, hosted by the Max Planck Foundation, discussed the challenges faced by people with disabilities currently in Afghanistan and highlighted the intersectional challenges faced by women and girls with disabilities and by those in rural areas. Recommendations to advocate for these rights to be upheld were considered.
Benafsha Yaqoobi, former Commissioner at the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission, gave a keynote address outlining the challenges faced by persons with disabilities in Afghanistan under the new regime. Panellists, including persons with a disability and people working within Afghanistan, addressed concrete challenges and recommendations to overcome them.
Participants subsequently engaged in discussion with the speakers, exploring further their submissions and the socio-political context in which disability rights must be advanced. Particular emphasis was placed on the need for disabled persons’ voices to be heard in any efforts to improve their position in Afghanistan.
The symposium was part of a series of symposia organised within the project ‘Civil Society and the Rule of Law in Afghanistan’ funded by the German Foreign Office.
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